Haunted Deck

95 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Haunted Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Hypnotised Card deck cuts itself at chosen card on table, hair
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
68
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts itself thread
 		1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
470
Jack Merlin The Pack that Cuts Itself cut packs itself at selection, hair
 		1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
9
Al Baker Al Baker's Pack That Cuts itself thread
Also published here 1933
Al Baker's Book
7
The Animated Card card "walks" out of deck, thread and stripper deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
266
Al Baker The Magician at Home thread, on the floor/carpet
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
8
Phil Weisbecker, Ed Mishell Cosmic Comics with magnets
 		June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 128)
516
Paul Curry Haunted Pack Variation
Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 134)
540
Al Baker The Peck that Cuts itself thread
 		1948
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Card Trio)
504
Bruce Elliott The Back Room an idea for a transformation of a ball into an egg, and a haunted deck idea by Ed Cannon
 		Aug. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 157)
633
Audley Walsh, Jerry Lukins The Spirit Card Trick No. 124, haunted pack using salt
Inspired by 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
239
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
16
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
22
Don Tanner Let's Bury the Dead living dead test mixed with haunted pack
Also published here Nov. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 293)
1171
Jerry Andrus A Spooky Deck with thin metal gimmick
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
9
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts Itself
1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
30
Charlie Miller How to Haunt a Pack described by Robert Parrish
  • impromptu method
  • method with slick cards
  • tip for Al Baker method
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
46
Bill Hendricks The Haunted Deck after Haunted deck ghost on card, then drawing changes to reveal selection
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
60
Jon Racherbaumer Flipped Out selection slides out of spread and turns over
 		1968
On the Acrobatic Cards
36
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dim The Lights small hand taps out value of first selection, then finds second selection by dragging top half away, see also p. 340
Related to Jan. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3)
316
Chris Gosselin, Al Baker Untouched by Yooman 'ands
Related to 1971
Expert Card Chicanery
65
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Haunted Deck Wrinkle No. 206, deck on table while it cuts
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
50
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's New Horizontal Card Rise No. 252, card rises out of deck forward with deck held flat
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
63
Charlie Miller Charley Miller's Deck That Cuts Itself No. 719
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
192
Karl Fulves (6) The Mary Shelley Problem doll pieces examined and assembled, then comes to life, electronics, no details given, isoforms, also for non-thread animation of origami figures or Haunted Deck, pipe dreamy
 		1976
Interlocutor (Issue 6)
22
Bob Ostin Sleightly Haunted with small gaff
Also published here 1976 ca.
Sleightly Surprising
8
Paul Curry Phantasy Under Glass under glass bowl, ends clean
 		1977
Special Effects
26
Paul Curry Under Wraps performer's hand is wrapped in a clear plastic bag, ends clean
 		1977
Special Effects
30
Ken Krenzel Impromptu Haunted Deck
1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
144
Tony Slydini Self-Cutting Deck tabled deck covered with handkerchief, when removed it has cut into two halves at selection
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 21)
1265
Michael Skinner, Joe Fisher The Haunted Card tabled, card spins out between halves
Also published here 1979
Variations
22
Karl Fulves More Notes Yet notes on the Interlock principle
  • (A) No-Break approach
  • (B) alternate procedure
  • (C) switch with double card
  • (D) paper clip addition, paper clip version of Hofzinser problem
  • (E) connection to Tilt
  • (F) allusion to Haunted Pack set-up with Interlock
Related to 1980
Interlock
59
Harry Lorayne Double Saltless crimps/bridges, two selections
Related to May 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 5)
340
Richard Kaufman Impromptu Multiple Haunted Pack three selections pivot out of deck
 		Sep. 1981
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 9)
66
Ross Bertram, Edward Marlo The Haunted Deck plastic on thread
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
97
Colin Linn Cash cut deck separates at selection, using coin
 		Sep. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 29)
557
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
150
Thomas Alan Waters HCI tarot cards haunted deck in a handkerchief, two versions, glorpy, plate-lifter gimmick
Related to 1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Spyryt)
584
Edward Marlo Undercover Haunted Deck plate lifter and micro beads/pearls
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 1978
 1984
At The Table
144
Danny Korem The Acrobatic Haunted Card thread set-up between two fingers
 		1985
Korem without Limits
141
Edward Marlo Floating Penthouse deck put on flat hand, deck opens up by itself and three selection rise into three different directions
Inspired by
  • "The Ultimate Floating Deck" (Ben Harris, 1984)
 1985
Midnight Special
25
Jeff Hughes Jeff Hughes Routine rubber band gimmick
 		1986
Angel Card Rise Plus
11
Srechko Howard, Paul Harris, Ben Harris Float-Flip-Flight half of the deck floats up, then selected card shoots out of deck
 		1986
Killer Klose-Up
69
Al Baker, Eugene Burger The Haunted Pack "added perfomance touches and strategies"
 		1987
The Performance of Close-Up Magic
102
Eugene Burger Questions and Answers on The Haunted Pack
1987
The Performance of Close-Up Magic
118
Karl Fulves, Al Baker Haunted thread
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
40
Karl Fulves A Shuffle Approach set-up with thread is done on the table with riffle shuffle
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
45
Karl Fulves The Haunted Cut tabled set up
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
46
Karl Fulves The Hooked-Up Gambler: (A) Pk Aces multiple cards, posed as a problem
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
48
Karl Fulves (C) X-Up with named card, posed as a problem
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
48
Ken Krenzel The Haunted Levitation deck floats up at selection
 		1987
Incredible Full Deck Levitation
7
Ken Krenzel The Haunted Glide
1987
Incredible Full Deck Levitation
9
Ken Krenzel The Non-Clip Haunted Levitation deck floats up at selection
 		1987
Incredible Full Deck Levitation
12
Ken Krenzel The Non-Clip Haunted Glide
1987
Incredible Full Deck Levitation
13
Thomas Alan Waters Spooks two version on haunted deck with tarot cards
  • Hauntkerchief
  • Pullbox
Related to 1987
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.)
792
David Britland Haunted Angel rubber banded deck cuts itself slowly at selection
Related to 1988
Card Kinetics
3
David Britland Cutting Remarks thread-less self-cutting deck, strip stuck to a card
  • The Gimmick
  • The Basic Handling
  • Controlling the Selection
  • Notes
Inspired by
  • "The Robot Pack" (?), Abracadabra
Related toAlso published here 		1990
Cutting Remarks
7
Dan Strange The Dancing Jokers before beginning a trick, the two Jokers pivot their way out of the deck in a mechanical-looking manner, brief mention of using thread to effect a third card being produced as in a Haunted Deck
Inspired by 1991
Strange Happenings
12
Ted Lesley The Psy-aid Tarot card divination and haunted deck with plate lifter method
Related to June 1993
Magick (Issue 491)
2453
Ted Lesley The Mentalist's Tablecloth magnets under tablecloth, plate lifter used, to cue spectator, move objects etc.
  • The Dung Beetle Revelations
  • The Living Dead
  • Greased Ghost (Haunted deck with plate lifter method)
  • Grand Mal Geller (spoon in bag moves and bends)
Related to 1994
Paramiracles
132
John Riggs Rising Card Handling
1995
The Magic of John Riggs
38
Tommy Wonder The Poltergeist Pack interesting thread hook-up
Related to
  • Ed Marlo's idea in The Linking Ring (Sept. 1963, Vol. 43 No. 9, p. 61)
 1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
100
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small hand
Related to 1996
Workers Number 5
148
J. W. Sarles Card Rise Notes haunted deck with two card cases, selection emerges from between them
 		1996
New Card Rises
56
David Britland Cutting Remarks thread-less self-cutting deck, strip stuck to a card
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
11
Jon LeClair Impromptu Animated Deck with borrowed deck, tabled or in the hands
 		1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
145
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998
Spooked
6
Nicholas Einhorn Afterthoughts
1998
Spooked
17
Ron Bauer, Edward Marlo The Mechanical Deck using Marlo's gimmick on thread, done as a kind of side-ways card rise
 		1999
Mechanical Deck
2
Alex Elmsley The Bashful Ghost deck put on floor and covered with newspaper, when paper is removed the deck is seen to have cut itself at the selection with both halves in right angles
 		Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
16
Jack Avis The Dutch Ghost using Joker with little ledge cut out
 		May 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 5)
38
Doug Edwards Really Haunted deck on table, one hand holds it, deck spilts by itself, dot glued on one card
 		2000
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6)
1
Masklyn ye Mage Divination of Vassago tarot cards
Also published here
  • The Negromicon of Masklyn ye Mage
 Oct. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 10)
38
Don Tanner Laßt uns die Toten begraben living dead test mixed with haunted pack and business cards
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
149
Paul Curry Phantasy Under Glass under glass bowl, ends clean
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
112
Paul Curry Under Wraps performer's hand is wrapped in a clear plastic bag, ends clean
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
118
Al Baker The Haunted Deck (aka, The Deck that Cuts Itself)
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
22
Michael Ammar The Self-Contained Haunted Business Card business card moves out of stack
 		Feb. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 6)
77
Al Baker The Pack that cuts itself thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
73
Al Baker The Magician at Home thread, on the floor/carpet
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
147
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
365
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
371
Al Baker The Pack that Cuts Itself
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
726
Euan Bingham The Ghost Cut non-gaffed Haunted Pack version
 		2003
Free From Filler
22
Michael Skinner, Joe Fisher The Haunted Card tabled, card spins out between halves
Also published here 2003
Variations Revisited
39
Bob Ostin Sleightly Haunted with small gaff
Also published here 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
73
Doug Edwards Really Haunted haunted deck, glued dot on card
 		2006
Brass Knuckles
101
Asi Wind Dishonesty what to do when the spectator lies about his card, Haunted Deck as example
 		2007
Chapter One
7
Christian Engblom Double Haunted Deck with two selection, one phase in spectator's hands
 		2007
Lecture Notes
9
Aaron DeLong Cataclysmic un-gaffed haunted pack, exploiting natural breaking point
 		Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
20
Tomas Blomberg Daunting Heck
July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
65
G Ouija (牌仙) Haunted Deck
 		2016
Emotion
22
Denis Behr Haunted Herbert haunted deck into three directions, ends relatively clean
  • Tabled Handling
  • In-the-Hands Handling
Inspired by
  • "The Haunted Pack" (Edward Victor, Further Magic of the Hands, 1946)
Related to 		2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
74
Eugene Burger Eugene's Touch for "The Haunted Pack"
2021
Eugene Burger: Final Secrets
175
Anson Chen Shadow Play deck cuts itself and selection shoots out
 		2023
Reality Is Magic
152